About the day » Sunday January 29, 1961Calender converter

• Everdina Wilma Maria Opperman, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2022)
• Cor Zonneveld, Beverwijk († 2006)
• Marjan Brand, Haarlem († 2022)
• Shirley Ann Montanye, Houston, Texas († 1963)
• Ivonne Lunenburg († 2021)
• Piet van Beers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Petrus Johannes Maria van Beers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Noella Deweirdt, Gent († 2011)
• Pieterdina Wind, Onstwedde

• Andreas STELDER (41), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna van den Hoven (81), Tiel
• Adriana J Seerveld (79), West Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Beatrix Verheij (82), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Gertrude Josephine Clarke (67), Reservoir, Victoria, Australia
• Camiel Van Steenacker (76)
• Berend KNOOIHUIZEN (78), Uithuizermeeden Groningen Netherlands
• Albert Gerrit EILANDER (56), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Beemsterboer (67), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Cornelius Joseph de Brouwer (82), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1957 » Grażyna Miller, Italian journalist and poet
• 1957 » Philippe Dintrans, French rugby player
• 1957 » Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
• 1959 » Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Gia Carangi, American supermodel († 1986)
• 1960 » Greg Louganis, American diver and author
• 1961 » Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer
• 1962 » Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » John Anthony Gallagher, English-New Zealand rugby player
• 1965 » Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player

• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
• 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Robert
6. Hendrik
7. John
8. Willem
9. Pieter
10. Gerrit
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. Michael
14. Petrus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Catharina
7. Yvonne
8. Karin
9. Jacqueline
10. Wilhelmina
11. Ingrid
12. Monique
13. Adriana
14. Petronella
15. Marianne
16. Anita

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
• April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
• May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
• July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
• November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.

The temperature on January 29, 1961 was between 4.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.